Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Tetzaveh/Purim

V'asisa bigdei Kodesh l'Aharon achicha l'kavod ul'tifares (28:2) Rav Yitzchok Hutner once related that while studying in the Slabodka yeshiva in Europe, he often heard...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Terumah

V’asu li Mikdash v’shachanti b’socham (25:8) One of the blessings commonly given to a newly-engaged couple is “Der zivug zohl oleh yafeh zein.” While it...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Mishpotim

V’ki yigach shor … v’im shor nagach hu mit’mol shil’shom v’huad biv’alav (21:28-29) A common criticism of yeshiva students is that they spend their days...

Parshas Beshalach: Parsha Potpourri

Ki asher r’isem es Mitzrayim hayom lo sosifu lirosam od ad olam (14:13) Vayar Yisroel es Mitzrayim meis al s’fas ha’yam (14:30) The Beis HaLevi,...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Va’era

Lachein emor liV'nei Yisroel ani Hashem v'hotzeisi eschem mitachas sivlos Mitzrayim (6:6) Hashem instructed Moshe to tell the Jewish people that He will take them...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Shemos

Havah nis'chakmah lo (1:10) In the early days of the state of Israel, one of the most painful episodes for religious Jewry was known as...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Mikeitz

V'sham itanu na'ar Ivri eved l'sar ha'tabachim (41:12) Rashi writes that even when he was forced to mention Yosef’s remarkable ability to interpret dreams, the...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Vayishlach

Izim masayim u'teyashim esrim (32:15) Prior to his fateful encounter with his irate brother Eisav, Yaakov made multiple efforts to appease him. Among the avenues...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Vayeitzei

Vayeitzei Yaakov miBe’er Shava vayeilech Charana (28:10) Those who pay careful attention to the parsha while reviewing it or during its public reading on Shabbos...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Lech Lecha

Vayomer Hashem el Avram lech lecha me’artzecha umimoladtecha umibeis avicha el ha’aretz asher areka v’e’escha l’goy gadol v’avarech’cha v’agadla shmecha vehyeh beracha (12:1-2) In commanding...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Bereishis

בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ (1:1) On Simchas Torah, we complete the annual cycle of the public reading of the Torah by finishing Parshas...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Vayeilech

Vayomer aleihem ben meah v’esrim shana anochi hayom (31:2)             Rav Chaim Kanievsky is world-renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and memory, as well as for...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Nitzavim

כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאד בפיך ובלבבך לעשתו (30:14) The Ponovezher Rav once traveled toSouth Africato strengthen and encourage the Lithuanian Jews who had relocated...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Ki Savo

ואמרת לפני ד' אלקיך בערתי הקדש מן הבית וגם נתתיו ללוי ולגר ליתום ולאלמנה ככל מצותך אשר צויתני לא עברתי ממצותיך ולא שכחתי (26:13) There is...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Ki Seitzei

וראית בשביה אשת יפת תאר וחשקת בה ולקחת לך לאשה (21:11) Parshas Ki Seitzei begins by discussing the y’fas toar – woman of beautiful form. The Torah...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Shoftim

נביא מקרבך מאחיך כמני יקים לך ד' אלקיך אליו תשמעון (18:15) A biography was once written about Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Before publication, the manuscript was shown...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Re’eh

Lo sa’ason kein l’Hashem Elokeichem (12:4) After instructing the Jewish people to break and smash the idolatrous temples and pillars which they will find in...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Matos-Massei

Vay’dabeir Moshe el roshei ha’matos liv’nei Yisroel leimor zeh ha’davar asher tzivah Hashem ish ki yidor neder L’Hashem … lo yachel devaro k’chol ha’yotzei...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Pinchas

Pinchas ben Elozar ben Aharon HaKohen heishiv es chamasi me’al B’nei Yisroel b’kano es kinasi (25:11) The mystics teach that through his actions, Pinchas atoned...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Chukas

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe v'el Aharon ya'an lo he'emantem bee l'hakdisheini l'einei B'nei Yisroel la'chein lo savi'u es ha'kahal ha'zeh el ha'aretz asher nasati...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Shelach

Vayishlach osam Moshe mimidbar Paran al pi Hashem kulam anashim roshei B’nei Yisroel heima (13:3) In relating that Moshe sent spies to scout out the...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Behaaloscha

Zacharnu es hadaga asher nochal b’Mitzrayim chinam (11:5) On our verse, which relates that the complainers lamented their recollection of the fish they used to...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Bamidbar-Shavuos

Se'u es Rosh kol adas B'nei Yisroel (1:2) There is a mystical idea that the content of the parsha read each Shabbos is connected to...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Behar-Bechukosai

V'safarta lecha sheva shab'sos shanim sheva shanim sheva pe'amim (25:8) After relating the mitzvah of allowing the land to rest every seven years during Shemittah...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Emor

U'min HaMikdash lo yeitzei (21:12) After detailing the laws governing Kohanim, the Torah turns to the unique requirements for the Kohen Gadol, one of which...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim

Vay’dabeir Hashem el Moshe acharei mos shnei b’nei Aharon b’kirvasam lifnei Hashem vayamusu (16:1) In commanding Aharon not to enter the Kodesh Kodashim without permission,...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Tzav

והרים את הדשן אשר תאכל האש את העלה על המזבח ... והוציא את הדשן אל מחוץ למחנה (6:3-4) Our parsha begins with the mitzvah of...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Vayikra

Adam ki yakriv mikem korban l'Hashem (1:2) Sefer Bereishis discusses the creation of the universe and the formation of the Jewish people. The book of...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei

V’chol hanashim asher nasah liban osana b’chochma tavu es ha’izim (35:26)             Rashi writes that the women displayed special skills and wisdom in spinning the...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Ki Sisa

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe kach lecha samim nataf ush’cheiles v’chelbena samim u’levona zakah … v’asisa osah ketores (30:34-35) At the end of the morning prayers...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Tetzaveh/Purim

V’haya al Aharon l’shares v’nishma kolo b’vo’o el HaKodesh lifnei Hashem uv’tzeiso v’lo yamus (28:35)             The Gemora in Pesachim (112a) records that Rabbi Akiva...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Terumah

V'asu li Mikdash v'shachanti b'socham (25:8) In Shir HaShirim (3:11), Shlomo HaMelech refers to an event which occurred on the day of his wedding and...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Mishpotim

Im ra’ah b’einei adoneha asher lo y’adah ... v’im liv’no yiadenah k’mishpat ha’banos ya’aseh lah (21:8-9) The Mishnah in Avos (3:17) teaches that without Torah...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Yisro

Vayishma Yisro (18:1) Rashi writes that Yisro was known by seven different names, each of which has a different meaning. One of the names is...

Parsha Potpourri: Parshas Beshalach

Vaya’minu b’Hashem uv’Moshe avdo (14:31) After witnessing the death of their Egyptian pursuers, the Torah testifies that the Jewish people believed in Hashem and His...

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